GhostScript 8.51

[Mark McCulligh]

Rick Stevens wrote:

> Mark McCulligh wrote:
>
>> Hi Group,
>>
>> I am trying to install GhostScript 8.51 on my RHEL 3 box.  I 
>> currently have version 7.x on the box installed using the rpm.  I 
>> cannot find a rpm that will work for GhostScript 8.51. (If someone 
>> knows of one let me know, PLEASE!)  I am going to try and install it 
>> by configuring from source.  I was wondering what is the best way to 
>> go about it. Do I just compile the source and it will update my rpm 
>> version of GhostScript.  Should I remove the rpm version first? It 
>> has lots of depends for I don't know if I can uninstall it without 
>> breaking something.
>
>
> If you are posting a message with a different subject, please post a NEW
> message.  Do NOT reply to an existing message and simply change the
> subject.  That's called "thread hijacking" and it's highly frowned upon,
> Mark.  Since I've never seen a post from you before, we'll let it slide
> this time.  ;-)
>
> However, to answer your question, first be aware of the fact that RH
> won't support any issues you have with the new Ghostscript.  RH only
> supports items that come from their up2date servers.
>
> Now, how to build it:  You should read any README or INSTALL files that
> come with the source tarball for dependencies and such and make sure you
> have those items installed first.
>
> Next, the general process for building and installing programs from
> source is this sequence:
>
>     $ cd /package/source/dir
>     $ ./configure
>     $ make
>     $ su
>     # make install
>
> There are usually a number of options you can give to the configure
> scripts, such as the directory you want it to install into, enabling
> different options, etc.  "./configure --help" will usually list these
> options.
>
> You should also watch the output of configure fairly carefully.  Look
> for any errors regarding missing packages, libraries and such.  Fix
> those before you go to the "make" step.  You want "configure" to run as
> cleanly as possible.
>
> Most packages will default to installing into /usr/local.  This makes
> it fairly easy to delete if you want to.  Some programs also have a
> "make uninstall" option (you'd have to look at the Makefile generated
> by the configure program to see).
>
> Should you decide to install it in the normal Red Hat spot by using the
> "--basedir=" options (thereby overwriting the version from the RPM),
> make sure you have the original RPM file saved somewhere.  That way, you
> can reinstall the RPM over the top of the new file by doing:
>
>     # rpm -Uvh --force name-of-rpm-file.rpm
>
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Thanks Rick, I didn't mean to "thread hijacking" I will remember that.

When replacing a package that was originally installed using rpm and you 
upgrade by compiling from source.  Is the rpm version replaced?  I know 
there will be orphan files has the two will most likely install files in 
different locations.  But me fear is that both Ghostscript 7 and 
Ghostscript 8 are running at the same time and will conflict with each 
other down the road.

PS Yes I know RH will not support the newer version of Ghostscript, but 
a client needs the newer version.
Mark.